Methodology, Fixed Assets and Consumer Durable Goods in the United States, 1925-97 | September 2003

The Measurement of Depreciation in the NIPA's | SCB, July 1997

October 3, 2011
A new table is available that presents the relationship between consumer durable goods in the National Income and Product Accounts to the corresponding items in the Fixed Asset Accounts.

September 6, 2011
The "Detailed Fixed Assets Tables" have been updated to incorporate the results from the 2011 annual revision of the national income and product accounts (2008-2010) and the benchmarking of private fixed investment by industry and by type of asset (1998-2010). Chain-type quantity index levels are potentially revised for the entire historical period; however, revisions to percent change in the indexes are limited to 1998-forward. These tables present detailed estimates of net stocks, depreciation, and investment by type and by industry (for nonresidential fixed assets only) for private residential and nonresidential fixed assets, and consumer durable goods. Also included are detailed price indexes for nonresidential fixed assets and implied rates of depreciation for selected aggregates by industry.

August 24, 2011
The "Standard Fixed Assets Tables" and "Private Fixed Investment Reconciliation Tables" have been updated to incorporate the results from the 2011 annual revision of the national income and product accounts (2008-2010), the benchmarking of private fixed investment by industry and by type of asset (1998- 2010), and the incorporation of an improved methodology for converting estimates of government-owned structures classified by type to structures classified by function (1997-2010). Chain-type quantity index levels are potentially revised for the entire historical period; however, revisions to percent change in the indexes are limited to 1998-forward for private fixed assets and 1997-forward for government fixed assets. The "Standard Fixed Assets Tables" present estimates of net stocks, depreciation, fixed investment, other changes in volume of assets, and the average age of net stocks for fixed assets and consumer durable goods. Corresponding "Detailed Fixed Assets Tables" are currently unavailable, but will be posted in the near future. The "Private Fixed Investment Reconciliation Tables" present the relationship between private fixed investment in the Fixed Assets Accounts and corresponding items in the National Income and Product Accounts.